Despite US objections. Huawei Technologies plans to build a US$800 million plant in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state over the next three years as the Chinese telecom giant ramps up its presence in Latin America despite US objections. In a press conference in China on Friday, Sao Paulo Governor João Doria, accompanied by Huawei executives, said…
The European Union and Mercosur reached today a political agreement for an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive trade agreement. The new trade framework – part of a wider Association Agreement between the two regions – will consolidate a strategic political and economic partnership and create significant opportunities for sustainable growth on both sides, while respecting the…
Companies and professional drivers in Brazil are now exempt from IOF tax when financing the purchase of electric and hybrid vehicles in the country, regardless of horsepower. This is according to new legislation signed by President Jair Bolsonaro last week and published on Friday (June 21). It compliments a law already giving the IOF tax…
BUENOS AIRES, May 8 (Reuters) – Argentina will give its auto exporters a larger tax rebate to help stimulate the flagging local sector that has been hit hard by a consumption slump and economic crisis in Latin America’s No. 3 economy. The country’s ministry of labor and production said on Wednesday that it would raise…
Important Developments in Brazil’s Double Taxation Convention (DTC) Network There have been important Developments in Brazil’s DTC network in the last month. In a nutshell, Brazil and Poland are negotiating a DTC aiming to facilitate trade and economic relations between the countries, which currently face obstacles. Moreover, Brazil and Chile are revising their DTC in…